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<blockquote data-quote="Tymica" data-source="post: 674196" data-attributes="member: 17612"><p>TL, my son's best friend all through middle and high school (the one who he really started this road to addiction with) was going down the same road our kids were going. In and out of rehab, jail, etc... Through all of the drama in our lives and in his, he lost touch with us and with DS. Last March he came over to see DS (not knowing we kicked DS out because of his drug use). He was clean, looked amazing, had plans for the future. We visited for over an hour. We loved that kid really almost like one of our own, and hubby and I were so proud of him for pulling things together. We told him where DS was staying and he said "Well, if he's not living right, I can't afford to go see him now anyway. I have to put my sobriety first. But please tell him I love him and I said it's much better on the other side." He left. In August he overdosed on heroin. It was such a mystery to us, how do they go from clean and sober for months and months to death? It really just is this dance our addicts do, and pull our strings right along with them. </p><p></p><p>We don't have a lot of money. His family did. We have a stable, "normal" family life (both parents work, go to school functions, involved in the community, haven't moved in 11 years, etc...) His family did not. They both played sports and did extracurricular activities, and all of the other things "they" tell you in HS to keep your kids out of trouble. Yet, he's in a grave and DS is in a jail cell. It really makes no sense who gets out of this and who doesn't. </p><p></p><p>I hope that this is the time your son gets out of it. </p><p></p><p>And GOD FORBID the unthinkable happens to any of our kiddos, we all know it was a choice that they made, not a reflection of our commitment to them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tymica, post: 674196, member: 17612"] TL, my son's best friend all through middle and high school (the one who he really started this road to addiction with) was going down the same road our kids were going. In and out of rehab, jail, etc... Through all of the drama in our lives and in his, he lost touch with us and with DS. Last March he came over to see DS (not knowing we kicked DS out because of his drug use). He was clean, looked amazing, had plans for the future. We visited for over an hour. We loved that kid really almost like one of our own, and hubby and I were so proud of him for pulling things together. We told him where DS was staying and he said "Well, if he's not living right, I can't afford to go see him now anyway. I have to put my sobriety first. But please tell him I love him and I said it's much better on the other side." He left. In August he overdosed on heroin. It was such a mystery to us, how do they go from clean and sober for months and months to death? It really just is this dance our addicts do, and pull our strings right along with them. We don't have a lot of money. His family did. We have a stable, "normal" family life (both parents work, go to school functions, involved in the community, haven't moved in 11 years, etc...) His family did not. They both played sports and did extracurricular activities, and all of the other things "they" tell you in HS to keep your kids out of trouble. Yet, he's in a grave and DS is in a jail cell. It really makes no sense who gets out of this and who doesn't. I hope that this is the time your son gets out of it. And GOD FORBID the unthinkable happens to any of our kiddos, we all know it was a choice that they made, not a reflection of our commitment to them. [/QUOTE]
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